Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A defeated candidate in the just-concluded presidential election in Mauritania, Biram Ould Abeid Ould Dah, has said he will challenge the result in court Ould Dah told a news conference here late Tuesday his plan to ask the constitutional court to cancel the poll’s results
©- - 25 june 2014 - 13:08:48 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (173 words)


Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has embarked on plans for the implementation of a continental high-speed railway linking all African economic centres, a senior AU official said Wednesday
©- - 25 june 2014 - 13:01:01 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (429 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 406
©- - 25 june 2014 - 12:22:49 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (129 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling

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©- - 25 june 2014 - 12:11:29 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (109 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Commerce and Industry, Cader Sayed-Hossen, Tuesday said that the mining sector and the natural resources are of utmost importance for the economic development of Africa
©- - 24 june 2014 - 17:41:51 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (279 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Jacob Zuma will lead South Africa's delegation to the 23rd ordinary session of the African Union (AU) summit in Equatorial Guinea, to be held from Wednesday to Friday in Malabo
©- - 24 june 2014 - 11:37:52 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (229 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 406
©- - 24 june 2014 - 10:27:26 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (129 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling 

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©- - 24 june 2014 - 08:13:44 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (108 words)


Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Environment Minister Deva Virahsawmy Monday, said climate change is having serious repercussion on the economic competitiveness of Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) and is affecting them on their respective sustainable development pathways
©- - 23 june 2014 - 15:37:43 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (335 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, re-elected in Saturday's presidential polls in Mauritania, will pursue a policy of strengthening national unity, independence of the judiciary, the fight against mismanagement and inequality and equitable redistribution of national wealth
©- - 23 june 2014 - 15:22:34 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (195 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 408
©- - 23 june 2014 - 12:30:24 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (128 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling 

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©- - 23 june 2014 - 08:39:03 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (108 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritania's president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is heading for a landslide victory in Saturday's election, wining 70% of votes from results from 80% of polling stations, according to his campaign team
©- - 22 june 2014 - 15:00:38 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (135 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The appeal for a boycott of the presidential poll in Mauritania was largely followed, according to leaders of the National Forum for Democracy and Unity (FNDU), an umbrella of political parties, trades unions and civil society organisaions
©- - 22 june 2014 - 14:04:04 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (192 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya on Sunday as released by the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM)
©- - 22 june 2014 - 13:14:55 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (149 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Although he did not believe that there will be full electoral transparency, in Mauritania, the candidate for the Alliance for Justice and Democracy/ Movement for Reconciliation (AJD/MR), Ibrahima Moctar Sarr, Saturday voted in the nation's presidential election
©- - 21 june 2014 - 16:57:14 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (197 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The only female candidate in the Mauritanian presidential election, being held Saturday, Lalla Mariam Mint Moulaye Idriss, declared after casting her ballot, that she would promote youth employment and women empowerment if elected, PANA reports from here
©- - 21 june 2014 - 16:47:52 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (161 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritanians trooped out Saturday to vote for a new president, amid a calm atmosphere, official sources told PANA
©- - 21 june 2014 - 13:58:18 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (232 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian security agents Friday started voting ahead of Saturday's presidential poll in the country
©- - 20 june 2014 - 17:49:46 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (125 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Campaign for the presidential election in Mauritania, scheduled for Saturday, 21 June, 2014, ended Friday, PANA reports from here
©- - 20 june 2014 - 16:04:30 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (233 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling 

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©- - 20 june 2014 - 08:26:14 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (110 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The next summit of the African Union (AU) should harmonise the continent's position on issues to be discussed at the Afro-American summit scheduled for Washington in August, AU chairman, Mauritania's president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has said
©- - 19 june 2014 - 16:50:13 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (242 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – "The ceasefire deal signed on 23 May between the Malian government and various Touareg armed groups should pave the way for the sustenance of peace in the country’s northern region," the African Union (AU) chairman and the Mauritanian leader, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, said
©- - 19 june 2014 - 16:34:22 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (248 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1-euro 406
©- - 19 june 2014 - 16:16:17 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (141 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 27
©- - 19 june 2014 - 10:16:43 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (108 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The second edition of the African Montreal Fair (FAM) will be hosted in Montreal from 31 August to 1 September 2014 on the theme "Promotion of trade between Africa and Canada: Stakes and challenges
©- - 18 june 2014 - 19:58:41 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (230 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian Ouguyia rose slightly against the Euro, Dollar and CFAF, according to Wednesday's foreign exchange rates issued by the central bank of Mauritania (BCM)
©- - 18 june 2014 - 14:40:26 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (155 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 27
©- - 18 june 2014 - 11:38:45 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (109 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Exposing what he called "the evils of his country", anti-slavery activist and candidate for the Mauritanian presidential election, Biram Ould Ould Dah Abeid, said he possessed the solutions to the myriad of problems if elected president
©- - 17 june 2014 - 15:10:35 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (301 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 405
©- - 17 june 2014 - 11:11:19 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (129 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling 

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©- - 17 june 2014 - 08:23:58 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (108 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – The African Union (AU) peace and security commissioner, Smail Chergui, has said there are indications that Burundi has made "very significant" progress on security, and appealed to Burundians to desist from rumour mongering
©- - 16 june 2014 - 16:14:29 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (183 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Opposition party, Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Reconciliation (AJD/MR), has condemned the use of Mauritanian military helicopters for the electioneering campaign of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz as the country zeroes in to the 21 June presidential polls
©- - 16 june 2014 - 15:02:50 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (200 words)


Moka, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, said Monday that the Child Protection Register is a further step to improving child protection following the establishment of the Child Protection Service for improved access to psychosocial and legal services to children, victims of violence
©- - 16 june 2014 - 14:46:59 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (341 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 405
©- - 16 june 2014 - 11:37:28 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (129 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee: Currency Buying Selling 

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©- - 16 june 2014 - 08:21:40 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (109 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian Ouguiya fell against the Euro and the CFA Franc but remained stable against the US Dollar, according to Sunday's exchange rates issued by the Mauritanian central bank
©- - 15 june 2014 - 10:46:54 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (150 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A new political party was launched Saturday by the former deputy leader of the main opposition “Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) in Mauritius, Ivan Collendaveloo
©- - 14 june 2014 - 16:10:31 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (161 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The UN human rights office has urged Mauritania to protect prominent human rights activist Aminetou Mint El-Moctar, who has become the focus of a social media campaign saying anyone who "kills her or tears out her eyes will be rewarded by God"
©- - 14 june 2014 - 15:50:05 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (326 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan will depart the capital city of Abuja Saturday evening for Dakar, at the head of Nigeria’s delegation to the African Union’s Summit on Financing Infrastructure Development, scheduled to hold in the Senegalese capital Sunday, the presidency said
©- - 14 june 2014 - 11:39:24 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (251 words)


Curepipe, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Saturday opened its first endemic flora and fauna garden called “La Vallée d’Osterlog”, located at Le Val in the south of the island, a sanctuary of rich biodiversity with several species of fauna and flora spanning an area of 275 hectares of land, PANA reported from here
©- - 14 june 2014 - 09:02:07 - thread الإتحاد الإفريقي (285 words)